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Department Approval ��. .�: �� Item Description: l�'�, Jy REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 05/11/2009 Item No.: 12.b Acting City Manager Approval Authorize a Joint Fiber Optic Installation Project � .�: �� BACKGROUND Since 2002, the City has capitalized on a number of opportunities to install fiber optic communication lines to connect City facilities. In 2006 the City partnered with Access Corporation, a private telecommunications service provider, to install fiber along County Road S2 between Snelling Avenue and Rice Street that would serve the City of Roseville, the Roseville School District, and Independent School District #916 (Northeast Metro) . Most recently in 2008, the County Road S2 backbone was extended to Harriet Alexander Nature Center, Central Park Elementary School, Roseville Fire Station #3, and Park View School via a lateral fiber optic connection along the Dale Street Corridor. Over the past winter City Staff inet with officials from the Roseville Area School District and Ramsey County Library to develop a fiber construction plan to connect additional public facilities to the existing fiber backbone. Soth the City and the School District rely heavily on the Comcast-provided Institutional Network (INET) for inter-building network connectivity. The use of the network is granted by the City's competitive local cable television franchise agreement. However not all sections of the INET provide fiber connectivity. A number of sites use cable modem technology with outdated equipment that cannot deliver the network speeds and bandwidth required to deliver applications to remote facilities. Additionally recent FCC rulings bring into question the availability and use of the INET beyond the current franchise agreement due to expire in 2012. To insure continuity of business services absent the use of the INET, it is necessary to develop a strategic communications plan to include construction of municipal fiber optic cable to public facilities. City Staff, in conjunction with Roseville School and Ramsey County Library Staff, are recommending that the following facilities be connected in 2009: • Roseville Area High School (RAHS) connection to City Hall. • Roseville Library connection to City Hall and RAHS. • Cedarholm Golf Course connection to City Hall • Falcon Heights Elementary to RAHS and Library • Srimhall Elementary to RAHS, Fairview, and Library • Fairview Community Center to RAHS, Library, and City Hall Page 1 of 9